Category Archives: Unethical Websites

The Third Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Worst of Ethics 2011 (Part 1)

The 2012 Ethics Alarms Awards…first up, the Worst, Part I. Continue reading

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Unethical Website: NewtGingrich.com…But Not In The Way You Think

Nixonian dirty tricks are OK with the Washington Post, as long as they are directed at Newt. Continue reading

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Unethical Website of the Month: The Florida Family Association

Florida Family Association thinks that showing the positive aspects of Muslims in America is wrong, and they’ll hurt anyone who thinks differently. Continue reading

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Unethical Website of the Month: “Occupy Black Friday” Facebook Page

I have believed from the very beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement that it is likely to end very badly. The blatantly unethical “Stop Black Friday” website confirms that belief. Continue reading

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And You Thought Natalie Munroe Was An Unethical Teacher…Well, Meet Jeremy Hollinger

Remember Natalie Munroe, the teacher who blogged about how much she detested her high school students, calling them names like “rat-boy” and “jerkoff”? What, you may ask, could be more destructive to the necessary trust between teacher and student, or parents and the teacher to whom they entrust their student’s education, short of actual abuse? How about a teacher ridiculing his grade school special ed students? Continue reading

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Unethical Website—and Readers— of the Month: The Spearhead

Whatever the theoretical mission of your website or blog may be, if it is attracting fans those who commented on The Spearhead’s Victoria Liss post,, it is time to change writers, change direction, or do something less destructive with your time. Continue reading

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Unethical (and Disgraceful) Website of the Month: Attackwatch.com

The Stalinesque website Attackwatch.com is merely the latest in the depressing succession of botched U.S. Leadership 101 tests by Barack Obama and his team. Continue reading

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Web Ethics Complaint File: Rotten Etiquette in “Etiquette Hell”

There is nothing quite as exquisitely frustrating as having one’s commentary misrepresented elsewhere by a sloppy blogger, and then watching the nasty comments pile up by posters who never bother to read the original post. That is what is happening to Ethics Alarms, and thus me, over at an otherwise virtuous site called Etiquette Hell. Continue reading

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The Tricky Ethics of Trading Sex For Tuition

I am open to having my mind changed on this. I think it is a close question. Today, however, the Ethics Alarms verdict on Seekingarrangement.com and other websites that facilitate sex for tuition is that the sites, and the conduct they promote, is unethical. And we need, as a society, to make up our minds whether we are willing to make the ethical verdict loud and clear. Sex for tuition is on the rise in both the U.S. and abroad, and the legal system won’t stop it. The only thing that can is a cultural consensus that it is wrong. Continue reading

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Story Update: the Fake Law Firm’s Purpose Revealed

Now we know what fake law firm Cromwell & Goodwin is up to, and it isn’t good. Continue reading

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